Intra-Familial Distribution of Food in Rural Bangladesh

Food Preferences and Nutrition in Rural Bangladesh

T dietary choice of households near subs~stence levels of nutrient intake is one of obvious policy importance. In many countries. such as Bangladesh. national goals are set in terms of nutritional intake and there is heavy intervention in the markets for foods. However. little is known about the manner in which food preferences vary with food expenditure and nutrient intake. The design of effic...

Food Deprivation and Undernutrition in Rural Bangladesh

Food security and morbidity of elderly in disadvantaged rural Bangladesh

The study was undertaken to assess the food consumption level, prevalence of food insecurity and health status of elderly in the disadvantaged rural area of Bangladesh. Data were collected from fifteen villages in three vulnerable regions (river-flooded, hilly and coastal) through self-completed questionnaire. Descriptive statistics of sociodemographic characteristics of 282 households, food fr...

Household food security and infant feeding practices in rural Bangladesh.

OBJECTIVE To determine the association between household food security and infant complementary feeding practices in rural Bangladesh. DESIGN Prospective, cohort study using structured home interviews during pregnancy and 3 and 9 months after delivery. We used two indicators of household food security at 3-months' follow-up: maternal Food Composition Score (FCS), calculated via the World Food...

Validation of the food access survey tool to assess household food insecurity in rural Bangladesh

BACKGROUND Perception-based Likert scale are commonly used to assess household food insecurity. The aim of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties and external construct validity of the 9-item Food Access Survey Tool (FAST) in a population-based randomized controlled trial. METHODS Participating women (n = 11,992) were asked to recall the frequencies of nine food insecurity exp...